How To Clean Soldering Gun

Then use solder wick to remove the excess solder.

How to clean soldering gun. Start with a clean soldering tip. It is commonly called a solder vacuum and sometimes solder sucker for others. By heating up one flat head screwdriver to use as an alternative to a soldering iron and another cold screwdriver as a wick youll be able to effectively remove solder from any surface.

To use it melt the solder that you want to remove quickly position the solder sucker over the molten blob and activate it to suck up the solder. You also can clean your soldering iron tip with a sponge while using it to keep it clean. It is a handy suction tool that works like a vacuum.

You will see the solder being sucked into the braid. Touch the cold flat head screwdriver to the liquid solder and quickly remove it. Put the solder wick on top of the glob and press the soldering iron down upon the braid.

Some people are wondering why this is on hackaday its because many of us have a nice clean snicker operating table with a handy soldering gun and isopropyl alcohol ready to do fix or clean up. If you store the soldering iron for a long period of time re-tin the tip to help the iron dissipate excess heat when not in use. A soldering iron is little more than a heated piece of metal used to render solder into its liquid state.

This is because the metal only remains hot enough to melt the solder for a few seconds. Solder is impossible to remove cold but can be melted with relative ease. Apply the red hot screwdriver to the solder being careful not to touch the surrounding circuitry if you are removing the solder from a piece of electronic equipment.

Cleaning Options Wiping the iron tip on a damp sponge can help to remove oxides easier and allows waste to fall away. It consists of soft metal shavings that are coated with flux. This will save wear and tear on the heating element and.